Refastenable articles comprising folded fastening tab members
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGary Dean LaVon, Jacob Alan Barnhorst
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Abstract
Absorbent articles of the disclosure may comprise first and second belt webs, a folded fastening tab member comprising first and second fastening elements, first and second landing zones, and laterally opposing permanent side seams directly or refastenably joining the first and second belt webs. The fastening tab member may be joined to the first and second fastening elements. And, the absorbent article may be packaged in refastenably closed form.
Claims20
An absorbent article comprising:
- a first belt web;
- a second belt web;
- a first fastening component comprising a first folded fastening tab member and a first fastening element;
- a second fastening component comprising a second folded fastening tab member and a second fastening element;
- laterally opposing permanent side seams joining the first and second belt webs with the first and second fastening components, respectively;
- laterally opposing refastenable side seams joining the first and second belt webs;
- wherein the first and second folded fastening tab members are directly joined to one of the first and second belt webs;
- wherein the first and second folded fastening tab members are joined to the first and second fastening elements;
- and
- wherein the article is packaged in refastenably closed form.
The article of any of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening tab member is double folded.
The article of any of the preceding claims, wherein a fastening component comprises the fastening tab member and the first and second fastening elements, and wherein the fastening component forms a refastenable overlap seam.
An absorbent article comprising:
- an outercover nonwoven;
- an inner belt web;
- a first fastening component comprising a first folded fastening tab member and a first fastening element;
- a second fastening component comprising a second folded fastening tab member and a second fastening element;
- laterally opposing side seams permanently or refastenably joining the outercover nonwoven and the inner belt web;
- wherein the first and second folded fastening tab members are directly joined to one of the outercover nonwoven and the inner belt web;
- wherein the first and second folded fastening tab members are joined to the first and second fastening elements;
- and
- wherein the article is packaged in refastenably closed form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.